The Wessex Snow & Ice Train continued to make regular appearances into Dorset during February 2025. The motive power for the workings in the early part of the month were in the care of GBRf Class 66 No.’s 66714 ‘Cromer Lifeboat’ & 66768 ‘Yvonne Bradley’. We captured several of the runs at various locations including… Continue reading February 2025 Round-Up
January 2025 Round-Up
02/01/2025 – We spent New Year in London and I couldn’t resist going to the top floor of our hotel to capture images overlooking Charing Cross and Waterloo East 04/01/2025 – Bark along with us as we visit the Swanage Railway for their first event of 2025, the “Winter Warm Up” which took place on… Continue reading January 2025 Round-Up
December 2024 Round-Up
04/12/2024 Southern Railway rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No. 35028 ‘Clan Line’ worked the “Sherborne Christmas Carol” railtour 1Z28 0842 London Victoria to Yeovil Junction Heritage Platform. We saw the train passing Worting Junction and its arrival at Yeovil Junction with ‘Clan Line’ later being turned on the turntable at the Yeovil Railway Centre. 08/12/2024 West… Continue reading December 2024 Round-Up
November 2024 Round-Up
On Friday November 1st, Caroline and I went to a performance of “The Truth About Harry Beck” at the Cubic Theatre located in the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden. The play is a two hander and outlines the creation of the iconic London Tube map we know so well today – well recommended and is… Continue reading November 2024 Round-Up
October 2024 Round-Up
The Severn Valley Railway held their Autumn Diesel Bash from 3rd October – 6th October 2024 when a collection of heritage diesel locomotives were in service operating a busy timetable. I was fortunate to attend on the Friday, when Class 58 No. 58023 worked its first passenger turns in over 25 years, indeed, this was… Continue reading October 2024 Round-Up
ScotRail Inter7City HST’s
On September 3rd 2024, it was announced that ScotRail’s Inter7City High Speed Train fleet used on routes between Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness, is to be replaced with formal procurement due to start within weeks. ScotRail operates 52 Class 43 power cars with 22 sets of Mark 3 coaches modified with sliding doors. Two, No.’s… Continue reading ScotRail Inter7City HST’s
GBRf Gala – Sept 2024
A special gala weekend of activities, based around Peterborough and the Nene Valley Railway organised by “Modern Railways” magazine with support from their sister publication “Hornby Magazine”, took place over the weekend of September 7th/8th 2024. The event was supported by GB Railfreight who provided a range of visiting locomotives hauling trains at the Nene… Continue reading GBRf Gala – Sept 2024
More August Shenanigans
North Dorset Railway On Bank Holiday Monday, the North Dorset Railway operated behind the scenes guided tours at Shillingstone allowing visitors to get a close up view of the projects currently being worked on by railway volunteers. This included the signal box and Project 62 which is working towards the restoration of Yugoslavian built Class… Continue reading More August Shenanigans
Peak Performance
Backtracking…. On Saturday 27th July 2024 I had the mad notion of leaving home in the early hours in order to arrive at Bristol Temple Meads in time to see Locomotive Services Limited’s (LSL) newly restored Sulzer Type 4 Class 45 diesel locomotive No. 45118 ‘The Royal Artilleryman’ passing through the station with the empty coaching… Continue reading Peak Performance
July 2024 Catch Up
Time flies and here we are. At the time of writing it is the beginning of August 2024 still playing catch up. So with little ceremony or narrative, what follows is a run through of notable railway comings and goings into Dorset territory during July 2024. Monday 1st July – 73962 ‘Dick Mabbutt’ & 73965… Continue reading July 2024 Catch Up